Acts 16:31
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your house.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
In Context
30and brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
32They spoke the word of the Lord to him, together with everyone in his house.
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him so that he may instruct his children and his household after him to keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice, so that Yahweh may bring upon Abraham what he has said to him.”
Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way to honor me every day so it will be good for them and their descendants after them.
Mark 16:16He who believes and is baptized will be saved, and he who does not believe will be condemned.
John 3:15so that all who believe in him may have eternal life.
John 6:40For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him would have eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day.”
John 7:37Now on the last, great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
Matthew Henry on Acts 16:26-35
Paul and Silas in Prison; Conversion of the Philippian Jailer. 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. 27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had… Read the whole commentary →